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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Unforgettable treasures will provide micro-loans to third world crafts artists to enable them to build their business and will also market their wares through the Internet. This team had a working prototype of the first solar powered wetsuit using nano-solar technology.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Jeff founded StubHub during the dotcom bust and funding for consumer Internet companies was disappearing rapidly. He definitely had a lot of people tell him that it couldnt be done. Go with Your Gut - This certainly goes hand in hand with challenging the status quo. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1). ► September. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program! Back to the panel. Labels: angel groups , valuation.

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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And for the love of high-speed internet and all things Web 2.0, View Comments lk says: October 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm the co-founders of textworks just experienced getting shafted by a co-founder! Ryan says: October 24, 2007 at 7:00 am I’m sorry to hear about that. would you like to link to one another?

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. tl;dr summary. I’m long.

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